Misato Katsuragi is the chief tactical officer at NERV's Japan Branch in Tokyo-3, and Shinji Ikari's self-appointed guardian. She's the only survivor of the Second Impact. She aims to defeat the Angels and save humanity.

Though a triple agent who works for Seele, Nerv, and the Japanese Ministry of the Interior, Kaji states that his real mission is to find the truth. In college, he had an intimate relationship with Misato and is still quite a ladies' man. Asuka is deeply infatuated with him.

The protagonist of Neon Genesis Evangelion. Pilot of Eva Unit-01. Has a distance personalty and is unable to express his true feelings around his fellow peers. He only accepts orders to prevent from being alienated. The son of NERV commander Gendo Ikari and late mother Yui Ikari.